Swimming at the 2005 South Pacific Mini Games
# Swimming at the 2005 South Pacific Mini Games

The swimming competition at the 2005 South Pacific Mini Games in Palau was held July 25–30. The venues for the events were:

* pool: National Aquatics Center in Meyuns; and
* open water: Palau Pacific Resort Beach.

All pool events were swum in a 6-lane, short-course (25m) pool; the open water events were 5-kilometres in length (5K).

Two notes, related to the organization of the meet:

* Swimmers who were to compete at the 2005 World Championships, were not allowed to swim in the Mini Games (although the competitions were at the same time).
* Full medals were only given out in events with five or more entrants. If an event had four entrants, only the gold and silver medals were award; if an event had only two or three entrants, only the gold medal. Events with fewer than three medals awarded are noted under the event name.

## Event schedule

| Date | Mon. July 25. | Tue. July 26. | Wed. July 27. | Thu. July 28. | Fri. July 29. | Sat. July 30. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| E v e n t s | 50 back (M) 100 free (W) 100 breast (M) 400 I.M. (F) 200 free (M) 4x200 Free Relay (W) 50 back (W) 100 fly (M) | 200 free (W) 400 I.M. (M) 200 breast (W) 4x200 Free Relay (M) 50 breast (W) 50 breast (M) 400 free (W) 100 free (M) | 100 back (W) 200 back (M) 4x100 Free Relay (W) 400 free (M) 100 fly (W) 50 fly (M) 100 breast (W) 200 breast (M) | 800 free (W) 4x100 Free Relay (M) 50 free (M) 200 I.M. (W) 200 fly (M) 50 fly (W) 100 back (M) 4x100 Medley Relay (W) | 200 fly (W) 200 I.M. (M) 50 free (W) 1500 free (M) 200 back (W) 4x100 Medley Relay (M) | 5K (W) 5K (M) |

Note: This is the same event order as the 2003 South Pacific Games and 2007 South Pacific Games. However, the pool competition is 1 day shorter, which is accomplished by having eight events per day on the first four pool days, rather than six.

## Results

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 50m Freestyle | David Thevenot (NCL) | 22.88 | Calum Liew (FIJ) | 23.93 | Eric Lassauvagerie (NCL) | 24.95 |
| 100m Freestyle | David Thevenot (NCL) | 50.80 | Calum Liew (FIJ) | 53.42 | Eric Lassauvagerie (NCL) | 54.10 |
| 200m Freestyle | Olivier Saminadin (NCL) | 1:54.00 | David Thevenot (NCL) | 1:55.25 | Eric Lassauvagerie (NCL) | 2:01.95 |
| 400m Freestyle | Olivier Saminadin (NCL) | 4:00.84 | Benoit Riviere (NCL) | 4:15.96 | Thomas Chacun (NCL) | 4:27.29 |
| 1500m Freestyle (gold only) | Olivier Saminadin (NCL) | 16:30.78 | Benoit Riviere (NCL) | 16:47.59 | Thomas Chacun (NCL) | 17:07.80 |
| 50m Backstroke | David Thevenot (NCL) | 28.21 | David Palacios (MNP) | 28.75 | Mathieu Mengin (NCL) | 29.42 |
| 100m Backstroke | Olivier Saminadin (NCL) | 59.20 | Mathieu Mengin (NCL) | 1:03.14 | Celestino Aguon (NCL) | 1:06.06 |
| 200m Backstroke | Olivier Saminadin (NCL) | 2:16.01 | Mathieu Mengin (NCL) | 2:21.87 | Juan Camacho (NCL) | 2:24.94 |
| 50m Breaststroke | Adrien Thomas (NCL) | 30.55 | Calum Liew (FIJ) | 30.69 | Celestino Aguon (GUM) | 32.06 |
| 100m Breaststroke | Adrien Thomas (NCL) | 1:05.51 | Calum Liew (FIJ) | 1:05.84 | Celestino Aguon (GUM) | 1:10.86 |
| 200m Breaststroke | Adrien Thomas (NCL) | 2:20.79 | Calum Liew (FIJ) | 2:31.93 | Celestino Aguon (GUM) | 2:32.13 |
| 50m Butterfly | David Thevenot (NCL) | 25.09 | David Palacios (MNP) | 27.12 | Mathieu Mengin (NCL) | 27.62 |
| 100m Butterfly | Olivier Saminadin (NCL) | 57.89 | David Palacios (MNP) | 1:00.07 | Thomas Chacun (NCL) | 1:02.46 |
| 200m Butterfly (gold only) | Thomas Chacun (NCL) | 2:14.87 | David Palacios (MNP) | 2:16.81 | Benoit Riviere (NCL) | 2:27.62 |
| 200m I.M. | Olivier Saminadin (NCL) | 2:13.25 | Adrien Thomas (NCL) | 2:20.62 | Tetsuya Iijima (GUM) | 2:25.78 |
| 400m I.M. | Olivier Saminadin (NCL) | 4:45.80 | Benoit Riviere (NCL) | 4:57.87 | Mathieu Mengin (NCL) | 5:01.19 |
| 400m Free Relay (gold & silver only) | New Caledonia Adrien Thomas, Eric Lassauvagerie, Benoit Riviere, Mathieu Mengin | 3:43.48 | Guam Carlos Shimizu, Trevor Plate, Tetsuya Iijima, Celestino Aguon | 3:54.39 | Northern Marianas Juan Camacho, Rezne Wong, Michael Camacho, David Palacios | 4:09.31 |
| 800m Free Relay (gold & silver only) | New Caledonia Benoit Riviere, Eric Lassauvagerie, Adrien Thomas, Thomas Chaucun | 8:30.56 | Guam Celestino Aguon, Lucas Shimizu, Tetsuya Iijima, Carols Shimizu | 8:36.76 | Northern Marianas David Palacios, Juan Camacho, Michael Comacho, Rezne Wong | 8:54.76 |
| 400m Medley Relay (gold & silver only) | New Caledonia Mathieu Mengin, Ollivier Saminadin, Adrien Thomas, David Thevenot | 3:57.15 | Northern Marianas Michael Comacho, Rezne Wong, David Palacios, Juan Camacho | 4:24.21 | Guam Celestino Aguon, Lucas Shimizu, Tetsuya Iijima, Carols Shimizu | 4:28.59 |
| 5K Open Water (time= hr:min:sec) | Olivier Saminadin (NCL) | 1:08:26 | Benoit Riviere (NCL) | 1:08:33 | Thomas Chacun (NCL) | 1:09:04 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 50m Freestyle | Nina Mosley (NCL) | 28.09 | Esther Meallet (NCL) | 28.30 | ines Horngren (NCL) | 28.91 |
| 100m Freestyle | Nina Mosley (MNP) | 1:00.37 | Esther Meallet (NCL) | 1:01.55 | Manami Iijima (GUM) | 1:02.02 |
| 200m Freestyle | Esther Meallet (NCL) | 2:11.81 | Nina Mosely (MNP) | 2:12.58 | Ines Horngren (NCL) | 2:13.29 |
| 400m Freestyle | Delphine Bui Duyet (NCL) | 4:45.30 | Nina Mosely (MNP) | 4:46.21 | Ines Horngren (NCL) | 4:47.61 |
| 800m Freestyle (gold & silver only) | Ines Horngren (NCL) | 9:54.36 | Esther Meallet (NCL) | 10:02.46 | Carolyn Coleman-Moala (MNP) | 10:23.47 |
| 50m Backstroke | Nyitre Simon (NCL) | 31.31 | Maraya Silan (GUM) | 32.54 | Delphine Bui Duyet (NCL) | 32.64 |
| 100m Backstroke | Delphine Bui Duyet (NCL) | 1:09.00 | Nina Mosley (MNP) | 1:10.12 | Ines Horngren (NCL) | 1:10.45 |
| 200m Backstroke | Delphine Bui Duyet (NCL) | 2:27.77 | Nyitrue Simon (NCL) | 2:29.15 | Nina Mosley (MNP) | 2:35.84 |
| 50m Breaststroke | Adeline Williams (NCL) | 34.74 | Esther Meallet (NCL) | 35.96 | Vuki Kuinikoro (FIJ) Fiji | 36.94 |
| 100m Breaststroke | Adeline Williams (NCL) | 1:16.34 | Esther Meallet (NCL) | 1:17.93 | Minerva Cabrera (MNP) | 1:20.03 |
| 200m Breaststroke | Adeline Williams (NCL) | 2:49.49 | Esther Meallet (NCL) | 2:51.78 | Myana Welch (MNP) | 2:53.35 |
| 50m Butterfly | Nyitrue Simon (NCL) | 29.98 | Nina Mosley (MNP) | 30.73 | Delphine Bui Duyet (NCL) | 31.41 |
| 100m Butterfly | Nyitrue Simon (NCL) | 1:06.96 | Delphine Bui Duyet (NCL) | 1:09.36 | Manami Iijima (GUM) | 1:09.97 |
| 200m Butterfly (gold only) | Nyitrue Simon (NCL) | 2:31.80 | Amanda Coleman (NCL) | 2:41.47 | none | |
| 200m I.M. | Delphine Bui Duyet (NCL) | 2:31.72 | Esther Meallet (NCL) | 2:31.78 | Manami Iijima (GUM) | 2:32.99 |
| 400m I.M. | Nyitre Simon (NCL) | 5:24.07 | Esther Meallet (NCL) | 5:29.88 | Nina Mosley (MNP) | 5:33.41 |
| 400m Free Relay (gold & silver only) | New Caledonia Esther Meallet, Nyitrue Simon, Ines Horngren, Delphine Bui Duyet | 4:16.62 | Northern Marianas Caroline Coleman-Moala, Minerva Cabrera, Nina Mosley, Nicole Calvo | 4:19.26 | Guam Tara Benavente, Jenina Cruz, Mayan Silan, Marayna Silan | 4:30.50 |
| 800m Free Relay (gold & silver only) | New Caledonia Ines Horngren, Esther Meallet, Nyitrue Simon, Delphine Bui Duyet | 9:14.51 | Northern Marianas Caroline Coleman-Moala, Nicole Calvo, Amanda Johnson, Nina Mosley | 9:24.50 | Guam Tara Benavente, Jenina Cruz, Mayan Silan, Manami Iijima | 9:57.85 |
| 400m Medley Relay (gold & silver only) | New Caledonia Delphine Bui Duyet, Adeline Williams, Nyitrue Simon, Esther Meallet | 4:36.73 | Northern Marianas Myana Welch, Minerva Cabrera, Amanda Johnson, Nina Mosley | 4:51.41 | Guam Maraya Silan, Mayan Silan, Manami Iijima, Tara Benavente | 4:54.87 |
| 5K Open Water (time= hr:min:sec) | Esther Meallet (NCL) | 1:10:13.30 | Nina Mosley (MNP) | 1:16:33.04 | Caroline Coleman-Moala (MNP) | 1:19:39.89 |

## Participating countries

57 swimmers from 8 countries were entered in the swimming events at the 2005 Mini Games. Countries with swimmers present were:

* American Samoa (2)
* Fiji (2)
* Guam (10)
* Marshall Islands (1)
* New Caledonia (15)
* Northern Mariana Islands (11)
* Palau (10)
* Papua New Guinea (6)
